Our Education Program Manager Shelby Moneer writes, “I'd always heard that 'everything changes when you have a baby.' While I expected that to be true, I never thought I would be impacted in so many ways by the presence of a little, blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked baby girl named Ava."

Our National Director of Volunteer Services, Mary Antonucci, writes: "How’s this for a business strategy— take the fact some women tend to suffer from low self-esteem, particularly when it comes to their appearance, find out when women are likely to be feeling the worst about themselves, then launch an advertising campaign for beauty products meant to make people feel more attractive during those times!"

The story is told of two friends walking down a country lane. One was a merchant, the other a scientist. The merchant looks into the adjacent field and comments, “Those cows sure are a pretty shade of brown.” The scientist replies, “Well, we only know they are brown on this side.”

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